Harvest Days Parade

This year my dad is running for a position on our school district's school board. He's been quite the busy body making sure he's doing everything he can to get his name out there. And what better way is there than being in a parade? None. None ways is better.

It was really cool getting to see the behind the scenes of the parade that I had been to so many times before.

Cody even got to meet his childhood hero, Ronald while we were waiting!

matching letterman's jackets!

We went to our local cool cars guy (aka Cody's dad) for the sweet ride that Cody and I would drive while the rest of the fam (dad, mom, connor and katie) handed out flyers with my dad's face and info on. Little did I know that being in a parade isn't stop and go and feels like it's taking forever. I don't know if we were just behind some very efficient parade vehicles/walkers or what but we literally ran through the parade. I was supposed to just sit in the car with Cody but after seeing everyone fall behind I jumped out told my dad to stop handing out flyers and just keep up with the car and started handing out flyers myself. It all was a crazy blur but it was definitely a fun one.

my mom made my dad an awesome shirt, one half was a Battle Ground high school shirt the other half was a maroon shirt (representing Prairie High school, the other school in the area)

this picture comes with the funny story: after the parade when we tried to exit the parking lot we were trying to get out but there were still some stragglers of the parade but right when we had a clear shot a float with girls on the back decided it was a good idea to literally throw five handfuls of candy right in front of our car for the kids on the opposite sidewalk from them landing right in front of our car. We had to sit there another five minutes while the kids (and some adults) picked the candy up. We just sat there and laughed thinking did that really just happen?

Afterwards we stopped and said hello to the Wadleigh's who were right in choosing to sit and enjoy the fair with the little ones that join in on the unknown craziness.


After that my family headed off to the North Stake's Pioneer days (which ironically my dad was in charge of). Cody and I decided to go to the Harvest Days festivities instead but should've chosen the Pioneer days because the Harvest Days was kind of a bust. (Text messages from my family full of baby goats and kittens taunted me the rest of the day.) We also were going to go drop the Corvette off back at Cody's parent's house and go swimming but a phone call telling us that one of Cody's tires was flat changed up our plans a wee bit. But it was still a fun filled day and I loved getting to tell lots and lots of people that my dad is a great guy who can make a positive difference in the schools that I grew up in.

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